ring of beasts

Early the next morning, Yang Guang finished cleaning up and took Xiao Hei out of the Ring World.

The sun on this autumn morning is like a red balloon hanging in the east.

Warm light shines into the valley, making the water in the entire valley appear clearer, and the red and green leaves particularly bright.

The sunny weather also dispelled the gloom in Yang Guang's heart.

I tightened my backpack tightly, held Xiao Hei in hand, and set off on the road again. Xiao Fei was hovering above my head.

Along the road beside this creek, Yang Guang headed west.

The so-called roads are nothing more than relatively sparse gaps in the woods, which can allow people to pass through.

Although we wandered around in this valley, we were still heading west in general.

At this time, Yang Guang was already located in the middle part of the Qinling Mountains. Apart from the ding-dong of streams, it was sparsely visited by people.

Let go of Xiao Hei and let him search around.

Suddenly, Yang Guang found a fluffy little thing sitting on the tree in front of him, like a stuffed pug.

After taking a closer look, it turned out to be a little golden monkey.

I saw that this little monkey has long, soft golden hair, and eyes as black as ink beads. The key is that although they live in the wild, their hair is very clean. They are really beautiful monkeys.

Yang Guang also read in the information that there are wild golden monkeys in the Qinling Mountains, but he never expected to encounter one.

Taking out an apple, Yang Guang shook it at the little monkey.

The little monkey seemed to have never seen such a creature as a human being and was a little hesitant.

Place it on the ground and withdraw a few meters.

When the monkey saw Yang Guang leaving, he quickly ran over, picked up the apple and ate it loudly.

Yang Guang took out an apple again, but did not put it on the ground, only holding it in his hand.

The little monkey seemed to be much bolder. He came directly to Yang Guang and snatched the apple from his hand.

Yang Guang took the opportunity to stroke its hair. Perhaps it was because he was soft on others, or he felt that Yang Guang had no ill intentions, so the little monkey did not resist.

This chapter: Madman (Hand Beat)

Finally, Yang Guang left some fruits and biscuits for it in a plastic bag.

He continued on his way along the rocky beach next to the creek. At noon, Yang Guang heard the sound of water rushing in front of him.

After turning the corner, Yang Guang discovered that in front of the creek was a river rushing westward. Both sides of the river were smooth cliffs as sharp as a knife.

Seeing that there is no way.

Is it difficult to row a boat and move forward in the river?

Yang Guang observed carefully and found that there was an old plank road in the middle of the cliff opposite. The plank road was in the middle of the cliff, no less than a few dozen meters above the river.

A plank road is a road built along a cliff. A hole is drilled into the cliff, wooden beams are inserted, wooden boards are laid on it or the road is covered with earth and rocks.

Yang Guang entered the Ring World and asked Xiao Fei to put him down on the plank road.

Walking on the plank road feels very exciting, because the plank road is a kind of suspended road. At your feet are cliffs and rushing rivers.

Moreover, this section of the plank road must have been abandoned. The overall color is gray and black, and it flickers when walking on it. In addition, the wooden planks paved on the road in some places have rotted away, and you can directly see the river under the plank road.

Yang Guang was really worried that he would break the plank road.

Continue walking west along the creaky plank road.

Xiao Hei was running happily in front. The long hair on his body was trembling.

Yang Guang stroked the old trestle and couldn't help but wonder, what was this thing built back then?

You must know that the trestle is suspended in the air, at a right angle of 90 degrees to the cliff, and there is no place to stand on the top or bottom. Could it be that we just repair one section and make a hole in the front. Wear the wood, lay the planks, and then drill the hole.

Then plank, and repeat this cycle, building it section by section?

The plank road was the road connecting Shaanxi-Gansu and central Sichuan. Since Shaanxi-Gansu and central Sichuan are separated by the Qinling Mountains, and the Qinling Mountains are mostly cliffs, so before the liberation, the only road from Shaanxi-Gansu to central Sichuan was this kind of plank road. (First)

. (Fa) This is why Li Bai said at that time: The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to climb to the blue sky.

After liberation, the railway across the Qinling Mountains was built, and this type of trestle gradually fell into disuse.

There are two or three roads connecting Shaanxi-Gansu and central Sichuan, including Ziwu Road and Jinniu Road. These roads were the main transportation arteries in those days, and their status is no less than that of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway today.

I just don’t know that the plank road Yang Guang walked on is considered a great road.

As Yang Guang walked, the plank road and the river gradually separated, and the plank road became lower and lower, and even gradually disappeared.

Where the trestle disappeared, there was a faint path ahead, and the far side of the path led to a valley.

Although the two or three roads leading to central Sichuan are mostly plank roads, they are not all plank roads. They will also pass through a valley and flat land.

Because these roads are all connected, there must be an exit from this valley. Maybe there is a plank road coming out of this valley.

It's already afternoon now.

Yang Guang led Xiao Hei down the plank road and walked into the valley.

When we first entered the valley, the passage was extremely narrow, barely large enough for two people to walk side by side. But as we walked, it became wider and wider, and finally it was extremely spacious, with the mountain walls on both sides already very far away. The inside of the valley was extremely flat and spacious, and was different from the cliffs outside.

The difference is huge.

There are small paths in the valley leading into the distance, but they are already deserted by weeds.

While walking along this path, Yang Guang found a native dog and a few chickens in front of him.

Yang Guang was puzzled, could there be other people in this valley?

You must know that dogs and chickens are domesticated poultry and livestock, and there is no way they can survive in such deep mountains without humans.

After passing a forest, a dozen mud-thatched houses appeared in Yang Guang's sight.

These dozen mud houses are surrounded by a fence.

Outside the fence, several men wearing black and gray homespun clothes were sitting together, leaning against the fence to bask in the warm sun.

It's like a group of black sheep huddled together.

Facing Yang Guang, this uninvited guest, those people were stunned and stared at Yang Guang.

Yang Guang was also stunned, as if he was a rhinoceros that broke into the temple and disturbed the peaceful life of these people.

Yang Guang looked at them, and they looked at Yang Guang with big eyes and small eyes. However, these people did not question Yang Guang. They just looked at Yang Guang curiously, as if he was not good at dealing with others.

Although there is no distance in the mountains, the place where Xiao Fei lives is already deep in the Qinling Mountains, and I have walked west of Xiao Fei's residence for most of the day, and it should be even more deserted.

Looking at the clothes of several men, which were still ancient homespun clothes, Yang Guang wondered if this was an isolated peach blossom land where "I don't know the Han Dynasty, regardless of the Wei and Jin Dynasties".

"Uncle, I was traveling and accidentally walked into this place." Yang Guang spoke first. Then he took out a pack of cigarettes and gave one to each of the men.

The men's eyes lit up when they saw the cigarettes, and they took them with both hands. Some lit them, took a deep breath, and were reluctant to spit out the smoke for a long time, and some sniffed them repeatedly under their noses.

Seeing that they knew about cigarettes, Yang Guang felt relieved.

It doesn't look like an isolated paradise.

"Are you from Ada?" One of the eldest men asked Yang Guang in a strong slang language. He was a skinny old man.

Although Yang Guang has lived in Sx Province for a while, it is still a little difficult to listen to Sx words, especially this pure Sx talk. But fortunately, Yang Guang could barely understand this sentence.

"Xiping" Yang Guang answered honestly.

"Well, I seem to have heard of Wuda." The old man thought for a while and said. "There were people who came from Wuda a few years ago. They seemed to be looking for some kind of cat."

"Giant Panda" Yang Guang asked.

"Yes, that's it," the old man said happily.

When Yang Guang saw that the old man had finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he quickly handed over another one.

In short, Yang Guang quickly became familiar with these men and also learned about the situation in this village.

This village is not the "Peach Blossom Spring" originally imagined by Yang Guang.

The plank road that Yang Guang walked on is one of the several roads from Shaanxi and Gansu in the Qinling Mountains to central Sichuan, and this village was also an important post station and Shangfu on this road in the past.

Before the Republic of China, there was an endless stream of business travelers coming and going here, and there were even officials appointed by the government to manage the post station and commercial complex here.

During the Republic of China, a group of bandits settled nearby and often robbed Shangfu and passing caravans. This place gradually became deserted. Most of the people fled this place.

After liberation, due to the construction of the railway across the Qinling Mountains, no one came to this village, and it gradually became isolated from the rest of the world.

A few years ago, a scientific expedition team came here to look for giant pandas, and Zheng Fu discovered this small village. However, the people in this small village were accustomed to the life here, and had no desire to go out of the mountains.

Since then, no one has come.

The old man explained the glorious history of this place to Yang Guang with his eyebrows flying, and pointed to a broken city wall in the distance for Yang Guang to see.

While the old man was talking to Yang Guang, it seemed that everyone here knew that an uninvited guest was here.

Several women wearing the same fabrics as these men looked at Yang Guang from a distance and pointed.

Several children even ran up to Yang Guang and looked at him curiously. They were in ragged clothes, and some even had their buttocks bare.

Yang Guang took out some candies and biscuits to give to these children, but they seemed to be shy and shy and did not dare to accept them. Yang Guang put them into their hands.

It's just that these children don't seem to know how to eat candy, so they hold it in their hands and observe it repeatedly.

Yang Guang smiled when he saw this and taught them to peel off the skin and put the candy inside into their mouths.

These children's faces turned red with excitement after eating the candies. They shouted to each other happily, and even flattened the paper wrapping the candies and carefully put them in their pockets.

The cigarettes and candies were all put in the travel bag that he carried with him. There were more supplies in Yang Guang's Ring World, but they were difficult to take out.

Yang Guang left a few more boxes of cigarettes for these men, wanted to say goodbye, and continued walking westward along the road next to the village.

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